''Flatfoot in Hong Kong'' (original title: ''Piedone a Hong Kong'' and also known as ''Flatfoot Goes East'' and ''Le Cogneur'') is a 1975
crime
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comedy film
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directed by
Steno and starring
Bud Spencer
Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partn ...
. It is the second film of the "Flatfoot" film series. It is preceded by
Flatfoot and followed by
Flatfoot in Africa
''Piedone l'africano'' (internationally released as ''Flatfoot in Africa'', ''Knock-Out Cop'' and ''The K.O. Cop'') is a 1978 Italian " poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Steno and starring Bud Spencer. It is the third and penultimate chapte ...
and
Flatfoot in Egypt.
Plot
The police prepares to trap the Drug Lord of
Naples
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. The plan fails and Rizzo (Bud Spencer) decides to interrogate him for the last time, but when he arrives the Drug Lord has been murdered. Rizzo is accused of the murder and decides to investigate the arrival of an
Italian-American Mafia
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member, Frank Barella (Al Lettieri). The information given by Barella and Ferramenti (Dominic Barto) makes Rizzo believe that there is a rat in the police department, and, therefore, he must go to the
Far East
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The t ...
to find out who he is. On his way through
Thailand
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,
Hong Kong
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and
Macau
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, Rizzo encounters Barella, and this leads him to believe who is the corrupt police senior.
Cast
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Bud Spencer
Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partn ...
as Insp. 'Flatfoot' Rizzo
*
Al Lettieri as Frank Barella
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Robert Webber
Robert Laman Webber (October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in dozens of films and television series, roles that included Juror No. 12 in the 1957 film ''12 Angry Men''.
Early life
Webber was born in Santa Ana, ...
as Sam Accardo
*
Enzo Cannavale
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as brigadiere Caputo
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Nancy Sit
Nancy Sit Ka-yin ( zh, 薛家燕; born 30 March 1950) is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao. Sit recorded many ...
as Makiko
*
Francesco De Rosa
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as Goldhand
*
Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa (14 September 1939 – 30 December 2021) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 85 films from 1969 to 2019.
Scarpa died on 30 December 2021, at the age of 82.
Selected filmography
* '' St. Michael Had a Rooster'' (1972)
* '' ...
as Insp. Morabito
Additional Stunt Crew
*
Addy Sung as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Hoi Sang Lee as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Lau Hok Min
Lau or LAU may refer to:
People
* Lau (surname)
* Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien
* Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab
* LAU (musician): Laura Fares
Places
* Lebane ...
as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Alan Chui Chung-San
Chui Chung-San (often known as Shu Zhong Xin, Hsu Zhong-Xin or Alan Hsu; 16 August 1952 – 2 November 2022) was a Hong Kong actor, director, choreographer, martial artist and stuntman. He was known for being an action director and stuntman. Ch ...
as Casino Police Informer (uncredited)
*
Chu Tiet Wo as Casino Police Informer (uncredited)
*
Poon Kin Kwan as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Tai San as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited)
*
Tony Leung Siu Hung as Peking Opera thug (uncredited)
*
Lee Fat Yuen as Peking Opera thug (uncredited)
References
External links
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1975 films
1970s crime comedy films
Italian crime comedy films
1970s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
1970s police comedy films
Films set in Hong Kong
Films set in Macau
Films set in Thailand
Films about the illegal drug trade
1975 comedy films
1970s Italian films
1970s English-language films
1975 multilingual films
Italian multilingual films
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